January Celebrations Among Relatives and Ancestors

A few years ago I wrote monthly posts with the names and dates of births and marriages among ancestors, collateral relatives, descendants, and a few living family members.  I've decided to return to that this year, adding a few comments about some of the individuals as well as an occasional observation.   

One thing I notice about the birth dates in January is that three people were born on January 28.  I don't suppose that's uncommon depending on the number of ancestors and relatives one has found.

Descendants and Living Relatives

• January 10    Olivia D.
• January 10    Isaac D.
• January 14    Heather E.
• January 31    Michael M.
• January 31    Caleb E.
  

Olivia and Isaac are my grandchildren.  I think it's unusual for siblings born two years apart to be born on the same day.

Ancestors

• January 13, 1847     Abel Armitage and Eliza Hartley are my mother's paternal great-grandparents.  Their marriage ended with Eliza's death from consumption on October 22, 1856, in Trimdon, Durham, England.
• January 19, 1817     Elizabeth (Thompson) Laws is my third great-grandmother on the Doyle side.  She died at the age of 69 on March 8, 1886, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.  (This information comes from family records; further documentation is needed.)
  

Among My Collateral Lines

• January   2, 1854     Enos Bickerstaff and Abigail Arbaugh
• January   4, 1851     Anthony Laws
• January   5, 1866     Elizabeth (Lizzie) Froman
• January   8, 1873     Andrew Doyle, Jr.
• January   9, 1903     Harry G. Froman
• January 10, 1906     Minnie M. Gerner
• January 11, 1887     Gust Proud
• January 13, 1844     Jane Laws
• January 15, 1883     Ellis H. Bickerstaff and Lucy Umbarger.  Ellis is my great-great-grandfather.  Lucy is his second wife.
• January 17, 1833     Enos Bickerstaff
• January 18, 1863     John F. Froman
• January 20, 1858     Mary Ellen Thompson
• January 20, 1887     Lula Bernesa (Luella) Meinzen
• January 21, 1869     Alfred Vensel and Emma Gerner
• January 22, 1861     Augustine Bickerstaff and Mary Dunn
• January 26, 1885     Elizabeth Wilhelmina (Mina, Minnie) Meinzen
• January 26, 1892     William Henry Bickerstaff
• January 28, 1885     Elizabeth May Thompson
• January 28, 1889     Frederick Doyle
• January 28, 1908     Edna Hendricks
• January 29, 1881     Mary Alma Gerner
  

Notes and Comments

• Of the individuals on this last list, I personally knew only Mina Meinzen and Edna Hendricks.
• Of the Bickerstaffs, Augustine, Enos, and Ellis are brothers.  William Henry is the grandson of Ellis and Emma (Nelson) Bickerstaff.
• Anthony Laws and Jane Laws are siblings.
  

–Nancy.

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